We've Made It To Truro!

After a great few days in London, we finally made it to Truro yesterday afternoon, the city where John's hospital is located.  We are staying at an adorable bed and breakfast at the top of a hill overlooking Truro.  Since we are booked here for the entire week and have the large task in front of us of finding a place to live, we took advantage of having the rest of Sunday to explore this beautiful town.  How to describe Truro?!  It's a town filled with character and so far, some very wonderful people.  The downtown streets are filled with endless rows of shops and restaurants.  It became obvious very quickly why so many English are drawn to this area for holiday.  Last night we had dinner at a local restaurant and then spent the rest of the evening scouring the papers for possible places to live.  We knew we had some work cut out for us this week!

Welcome to Truro!

The view into town, a few steps from our B&B

Today began with a delicious breakfast at our B&B and we both quickly got down to business calling estate agents, talking with John's recruiter, dealing with banking, etc.  Our first flat "viewing" was a 20 minute train ride in the coastal town of Falmouth which is just south of Truro.  The property itself was far too expensive for what we saw, but then realized why the large price tag when we left and walked five minutes down a wooded path and were met with a breathtaking view of the coast.  We spent the afternoon strolling along the path that wraps around that coastal area of Falmouth, eating lunch at a seaside cafe and checking out the shops in the downtown.

Not a bad picture considering the adorable 80 year old woman taking this informed us afterwards that we were a blur when she was taking the picture because she didn't have her glasses on :-)

We then headed back to Truro for a flat viewing tonight.  We both fell in love with the quaint flat we were shown, but are cautiously optimistic as the landlords have multiple interested parties.  Keep your fingers crossed as it is in a perfect location for us (a 6 minute bus ride to John's work, right down the street from downtown Truro and within eyesight of the train station).  Seems that we'll find out a yes or no in the next day or two.

We made the final trek back to our B&B and I don't think I have ever walked so much in one day in my life.....let's just say we're beyond exhausted!  Tomorrow looks like it will be another beautiful day in Truro and we have two more viewings and are also going to check out the area where John's work is at. Now, it's off to relax and then head to bed!

Random tidbits:

- I'm almost afraid to write this, but we haven't had a single drop of rain since we arrived in England.  On the contrary, our days have been filled with 70 degree weather and nothing but sunshine.  Not a bad way to start things off

My two favorite things....shopping and penny slots!
Both in downtown Falmouth!

- A popular after dinner dessert, which seems to be everywhere, is a waffle with belgian chocolate sauce, ice cream or whip cream, and strawberries.....heaven!  Do you think because it's a waffle it would be appropriate to eat for breakfast? :-)

- When walking by the Truro Starbucks, we couldn't believe that it's only open until 5:30pm during the week and closes even earlier on the weekend